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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Blue gave away his money, where does he live?
(a) Nowhere. He was homeless.
(b) In a lodging house.
(c) With an old friend.
(d) In Washington D.C.

2. In Blue's idea for a motion picture, how many men control the world state?
(a) Ten men.
(b) Five men.
(c) Six men.
(d) Twenty men.

3. What does Blue argue for the abolition of?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Priests.
(d) Hats.

4. How does the narrator get down from the skyscraper in Chapter II?
(a) He rides the elevator.
(b) He sprints down the stairs as fast as he can.
(c) He walks down the stairs.
(d) He jumps using a human kite.

5. What kind of art does Blue have little use for?
(a) Art created by the poor.
(b) Art kept in galleries.
(c) Religious art.
(d) Abstract art.

6. How does Stevens describe the music from the concert on the skyscraper roof?
(a) Maniacal music.
(b) Insomnia inducing music.
(c) Neanderthal music.
(d) Loneliness curing music.

7. What book does Blue want to publish a deluxe edition of?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Odyssey.

8. After Blue finished telling his story, how many minutes of silence were there?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) Two minutes.

9. Which of the following is one of Blue's great passions?
(a) Educating the disenfranchised.
(b) Assisting the elderly.
(c) Feeding the hungry.
(d) Colored toy balloons.

10. According to Blue, which of the following is not one of the advantages of living on a skyscraper roof?
(a) Could fly kites there.
(b) Having birds as pets.
(c) Could set off Roman candles.
(d) Liberate balloons.

11. Fill in the following quote from Chapter I: "Or perhaps his order was life and the world his _____________."
(a) Monastery.
(b) Oyster.
(c) Education.
(d) Teacup.

12. How long did it take Blue to spend $900,000 dollars?
(a) Two months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten months.

13. Fill in the following quote by the narrator from Chapter III: "You mean every husband is a sort of ___________."
(a) God.
(b) Saint.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Martyr.

14. How does the IGW try to stop 2,757,311 from his activities on the roof?
(a) Shooting him with a gun.
(b) Storming the building.
(c) Dropping bombs.
(d) Directing him to stop with a loud megaphone.

15. What does Blue do at the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) Flies a kite.
(b) Goes for a walk
(c) Puts on a concert.
(d) Hosts a gallery showing on the rooftop skyscraper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the great surprise at Blue's party in Chapter II?

2. What is the name of the skyscraper Blue lived on top of?

3. Which of the following best describes Blue's physical description:

4. Why does the author include Blue's motion picture idea in the novel?

5. How does Blue's idea for a motion picture begin?

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